Using Excel's LEFT MID and RIGHT Formula Functions
textfunctionexcel.blogspot.com - Excel LEFT, MID, and RIGHT formulas are the most commonly used text functions to perform string (text) data manipulation. These three formulas are included in the text function in Microsoft Excel. The following is an explanation, how to use it, and an example. Function Explanation LEFT Take the leftmost character or characters from a cell that contains a string (text). MID Take the middle character or characters from a cell that contains a string (text). RIGHT Take the rightmost character or characters from a cell that contains a string (text). A. Excel LEFT formula Excel LEFT formula is a text function that is used to retrieve the leftmost character or characters from a cell containing a string (text). The following is the systematics of writing the Excel LEFT formula: = LEFT (text, [num_chars]) The LEFT syntax is used to declare a text function to retrieve the leftmost character. text is direct text (with double quotation marks) or the a